Gregory's Serverfail2ban has one core maintainer https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban and he has only 3 Github sponsors https://github.com/sebres
WTF
I can't even comprehend how many servers are protected by fail2ban, how many compromises are avoided, how many people who run hobby things all the way up to major sites that get to sleep soundly every night... because of this single project.
@dee @miclgael I bumped into this fact recently when I reached out about some translation issues. I had no idea. It’s the defacto software to use that *every* article on server security recommends. 🤯
@dee Thinking about this, and like - whose job is it, precisely, to ensure this kind of thing doesn't happen? That core infra like this has more support? Do we expect the government to do it? Corporations? Or if neither of them, (Not keen on either, personally), then who? Is someone going to go "This is my job, I will systematically review all open source projects and make note of the ones that need more support"?
@dee @glyph